The City University of New York is engaged in several major University-wide academic technology initiatives. They all are collaborations across campuses using the latest means and tools to improve instruction and access. »

"The focus of so much attention for the dramatic changes it has brought to our lives and a still more dramatic pace of change, technology is only the means. What matters is what it can do for the academic enterprise, and above all for teaching and learning in CUNY." »

Online instruction has an especially interesting history in CUNY, where it was never a question of "distance education," always a question of improving access and quality, particularly by making part or all of students' instruction a matter of "anytime" access. Largely a grassroots effort initially, online instruction has grown to full degree programs and other initiatives. »

THE CUNY COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY

CAT (as it's known) has representatives from each campus as well as from the University Faculty Senate and the Office of Academic Affairs. It meets monthly (and of course online) as do its standing committees (on Blackboard, Eportfolios, Standards & Practices, and the CUNY Academic Commons). For information on CAT, its committees, or your campus representatives, contact the University Director of Academic Technology.

ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Save the date(s) – and submit a proposal – for the 13th Annual CUNY IT Conference: “Instructional/Information Technology in CUNY: Shift Time”Thursday and Friday, December 4 and 5, 2014 @ John Jay College of Criminal JusticeThe City University of New York’s 13th annual IT Conference will sum up some shifts our many changes add up to. What shifts are taking place in the core enterprises of teaching, learning, and research? In what ways has our functioning as a university system changed? Which changes portend more change, or more effective ways of effecting it? All are welcome to attend. If you have something to contribute, check out the call for proposals (and instructions for submission) here.